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JoAnn Falletta pulls out all the stops in Mahler Five in Virginia

By Phillip Nones, 03 April 2016
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“Glazunov's finale sizzled and sparkled with energy”
Reviewed at Sandler Center for the Performing Arts, Virginia Beach on 3 April 2016
Programme
Glazunov, Violin Concerto in A minor, Op.82
Mahler, Symphony no. 5 in C sharp minor
Performers
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta, Conductor
Brendon Elliott, Violin
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Phillip Nones
Phillip Nones
Phillip Nones studied piano from age six, also playing percussion in educational and civic groups before moving to a rural area of the USA in 1990, where performance opportunities were few. Recently he has started performing again, participating in “side-by-side” orchestra performances and playing percussion in the World Doctors' Orchestra. His personal collection of music includes over 5,000 classical albums in all formats (CDs, LPs, 78s), plus downloads. In his professional life, he heads up a marketing communications firm in the state of Maryland. He blogs about the French composer Florent Schmitt here.